[geeks] Dr. Dobbs Journal

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 18:39, Grant Taylor <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net> wrote:

> No.  My understanding was that an old port was recently re-discovered ~>
> made available for download.

OIC! Interesting.

> I'm personally interested in a 386 port of 4.4BSD because I'd like to
> mess with it while reading my copy of The Design and Implementation of
> the 4.4BSD Operating System (ISBN: 0-201-54979-4).  I'd /prefer/ to run
> it as a virtual machine rather than as an /emulated/ machine (VAX).

That seems entirely legitimate.

> > In related news that might entertain and inform, there are some
> > interesting old-timey UNIXes out there that I've come across recently
> > though:
>
> Interesting.

Oh, good, I hoped it would be. I have gradually found out about a
number of these in recent years.

A friend of mine has been trying to build FUSIX for the Raspberry Pi
Pico and has grumpily concluded that the thing is broken and anyone
reporting its success is lying. Given he really knows his stuff, I am
surprised but I trust him.

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